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He was one of pro football's most distinguished executives and thinkers, and the turnout of more than 300 people yesterday reflected his stature.

— Judging by the number of consignments and the turnout of buyers, the annual winter classic car auctions that began here on Tuesday with Barrett-Jackson's sale seem to have been immunized against every strain of economic flu.

One-quarter of the primary electorate was Hispanic, and the turnout of more than 800,000 was even higher than it was in the first round of Democratic voting on Sept. 25.

Riding in the back of a car, answering one cellphone call after another, Ms. Shaheen, 57, made her way through visits on Friday to firehouses around Manchester -- the firefighters' union supports Mr. Kerry, and the turnout of its members is considered crucial.

One could add the discriminatory and burdensome restrictions placed on African Americans even after they were guaranteed the right to vote, or the shameful genocidal treatment of Native Americans or the "dirty tricks" that have been used to intimidate and suppress the turnout of Hispanic and other minority voters.

At the same time we're adding them to our voting rolls, there are active political forces directly engaged in trying to block and diminish the turnout of black, Hispanic, Asian, and Muslim voters.

And in June many Muslim voters will be thinking of Basra rather than bus shelters.Here too the Tories are looking good: if more disgruntled Muslims desert Labour for the Lib Dems, as they did in the elections last year, and if the turnout of apathetic Labour voters is low in the marginal wards in the south of the city, the Conservatives will win.

According to a comprehensive report by the think tank Demos, the result was a backlash against the GOP's heavy-handed tactics to intimidate voters and suppress the turnout of Democratic-leaning constituencies that included making robocalls that misleadingly told targeted voters that the Election Day had been changed, enacting voter identification laws and, in Ohio, limiting early voting hours.

Others include placing the body's weight over the front of the foot; the contrast between tight, closed positions and outstretched ones; the turnout of upper and lower body and limbs from the center; and the way that a leg and a foot become charged with beaming energy when pointed.

Ryan C. Crocker, the United States ambassador to Iraq, said Mr. Maliki took the lead in talks with Shiite tribes and said that the turnout of thousands of security applicants in Basra was testament to his success.

I'm delighted and delighted with the turnout of the fans, they were fantastic tonight.